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<blockquote data-quote="bacha29" data-source="post: 1953979" data-attributes="member: 58386"><p>Guys you are all spot on. I worked in a depressed rural area. Most of the so called roads were unpaved township turkey paths and in the winter those roads and the even worse private lanes were suicide missions pure and simple. One of my trucks was E350 cutwaway 7.3L powerstroke with Quigley 4X4 conversion and it was all it wanted in the winter. Our first terminal manager said to me" Look it's a rotten deal. The worst I have ever seen in the all the years I have been in this business. Neverless you signed it. But here is how you can survive.. Keep borrowed money to a minimum and limit your exposure to risk and to variable costs to only that which you cannot avoid." So guys give them enough to get them off your back. Deleverage as quickly as possible. Don't perform extra duties or handle extra volume that you are not contractually require to service especially if you have to do it at a loss. Because as you guys have learned or will soon learn. With X stop gap measures often become permanent solutions. As those of us a our small terminal quickly learned when it comes to additional routes,by the time you give that guy in the truck what he has earned for himself, a family sustaining wage, an emplyer paid healthcare plan and a pension plan, there is so little left you might as well just give him the route and that's what we did.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bacha29, post: 1953979, member: 58386"] Guys you are all spot on. I worked in a depressed rural area. Most of the so called roads were unpaved township turkey paths and in the winter those roads and the even worse private lanes were suicide missions pure and simple. One of my trucks was E350 cutwaway 7.3L powerstroke with Quigley 4X4 conversion and it was all it wanted in the winter. Our first terminal manager said to me" Look it's a rotten deal. The worst I have ever seen in the all the years I have been in this business. Neverless you signed it. But here is how you can survive.. Keep borrowed money to a minimum and limit your exposure to risk and to variable costs to only that which you cannot avoid." So guys give them enough to get them off your back. Deleverage as quickly as possible. Don't perform extra duties or handle extra volume that you are not contractually require to service especially if you have to do it at a loss. Because as you guys have learned or will soon learn. With X stop gap measures often become permanent solutions. As those of us a our small terminal quickly learned when it comes to additional routes,by the time you give that guy in the truck what he has earned for himself, a family sustaining wage, an emplyer paid healthcare plan and a pension plan, there is so little left you might as well just give him the route and that's what we did. [/QUOTE]
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